Mizdirection won the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1) in 2012 and 2013, and retired with more than $1.7 million in earnings. She would sell later as a broodmare prospect for $2.7 million. She was the second stakes winner produced by Deceptive.
On the July 20 episode of BloodHorse Monday: Lindsay Schultz on winning the Haskell Stakes (G1) with Baby Vino, Umberto Rispoli takes us through Journalism's San Diego Handicap (G2), and Atlantic Six's Jay Briscione on the honor of Book'em Danno Day.
The 2026 Autumn Meet at Santa Anita Park will feature 26 stakes races that includes seven "Win and You're In" events for this year's Breeders' Cup. Santa Anita's 19-day Autumn Meet opens Sept. 25 and runs through Nov. 1.
The Hong Kong study involving 2,924 horses found a modest connection between daily treatments of the gastric treatment and preventative omeprazole and increased risk of exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhaging, known commonly as bleeding.
Woodbine Entertainment announced the E.P. Taylor Turf Course is scheduled to return to racing use Aug. 8—several weeks ahead of the original Sept. 1 reopening target.
The Canterbury Park Hall of Fame Class of 2026 includes Thoroughbred owner and breeder Pete Mattson and former chief veterinarian and Minnesota Racing Commission chair Dr. Camille McArdle.
Next year's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1) is set for another major prize money boost and will be run for a British record £2.5 million (approx. US$3,361,575), Ascot officials revealed.
Citing handle declines this year, the NTRA sent a letter July 17 to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calling on the Treasury and the IRS to back legislation that would restore the gambling loss provision to the previous level.